It Only Took Ted Cruz Minutes To Politicize Antonin Scalia's Death

What a disgusting reaction to someone's death. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a giant, a hero, to conservatives nationwide,

Who could always depend on the fiery justice for an originalism interpretation of the Constitution and a ruling that protected the rights of the powerful and the majority.

His legacy didn't stop Republicans from wasting precious moments politicizing Scalia's death at 79 years old on Saturday.

GOP contender Ted Cruz was practically first out of the gate, insisting that President Obama has no place in naming Scalia's successor — despite the minor detail that Obama is president and has nearly a full year left in office.

Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement.

That's not to say the left was entirely blameless in the hours following Scalia's death. Many on social media went beyond celebrating that Obama will have another Supreme Court nominee before his time in office ends and cheered Scalia's death itself.

Both of these reactions are disgusting. A man is dead. A man with a family who loved him and is in mourning — grief made worse by the political fight that's already brewing.

There is a marked difference in celebrating someone's death and feeling relief that the Supreme Court will get a fresh face and new viewpoint on the bench.

No matter what someone thinks of Scalia and his rulings, the man deserves at least a day of people remembering his life before a fight for the Supreme Court bench breaks out over his grave.